Folding table



J. M. CADWELL.

FOLDING TABLE.

APPLICATION-FILED MAR. 21. 1921.

Patented Apr. 25, A1922.

UNlTE JOEL M. CADWELL, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

FOLDING TABLE. I

To all lwhom 'it may concern:

Be it hereby known that I, Joni. M. CAD- wELL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Folding Table, ofY

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to collapsible tables.

The objects of my invention are chiefly to providea table which can be readily folded into a very small bundle and which, when set up for use, provides anexceedingly light and substantial table without taking up the space underneath.

I attain these results in the manner set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an end elevation of an erected secured the aprons 13, to the under side of Y which are hinged the slotted vertical legs 1e by means of the hinges 15. Between kthe aprons 13 I have placed a longitudinal brace 16, on the opposite sides of which are placed the wood screws 17. Diagonalbraces 18 are provided with hooks 19 at their upper ends which can engage the screws 17. The braces 18 are pivoted at their lower ends between the slots in the legs 14.

At either end of the table I have 'provided a pair of removable crossed legs 20 whose upper ends are provided with bent metal tips 21 which are adapted to slipA into the straps 22 on the under sides of the boards 7 and 11. A bolt 23 and wing nut 24 are Specification of LettersPatent. Patentad Apr, 25, 1922 Application mea March 21, 1921. i

Serial No. 453,949.

pact folding and that from the arrangement of its. parts is developed a table which has surprising rigidity in proportion to its weight.

What I claim as new is:

1. A table'having a top consisting of-live boards hinged on their under sides, the centrai board memberv having hinged .to its under side near its endsv a pair of vertical leg members, and a pair of crossed legs engaging and supporting the outer board members and joined at theirintersections to said verticallegs and adapted tofold into box form-as long and as wide as said boards.

2. A table havingV a top. consisting of five boards hinged on theirunder sides, the central board member having hinged to its under side near its ends a pair of vertical leg members resting on the floor and having brace hooks adapted to vengage the under side of the table, and a pair of crossed legs engaging and supporting the outer board members and joined at their intersections to said vertical legs and adapted to fold into box form whose sides are formed by said boards.

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3. A table having a top consisting of five I board members hinged together on their under sides, the central board member having secured near its under end a pair of apron members separated by a brace secured to the under side of said central member, a pair of slotted kvertical leg members hinged to said aprons whosefeet rest on the Hoor, a pair of lcrossed legs removably joined to the ends of said outer board members and 'said vertical leg members, a bolt member for securing said crossed legs to said slotted legs, and hook braces betweensaid vertical legs and said apron members.

JOEL M. CADWELL. 

